A 21-year-old female presents to the emergency department with pain in her right arm. She was in class at the local university and was participating in an activity where the professor had the whole class arm-wrestle one another.. During one of the matches‚ she heard something crack‚ and her whole arm gave way‚ followed by excruciating pain. Her x-ray shows the following: After the physician reviews the x-ray‚ a directed physical examination should test for the most likely complication of the
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Industry Influence and the Nursing Profession Lea R Kirkman Western Governor’s University Policy Issue Over the past several years‚ the public has become increasingly aware of physicians and providers supplementing their incomes with financial incentives from pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers (Thomas et al.‚ 2014). These incentives include financial compensation‚ extravagant meals‚ and educational conferences in exotic locations with all expenses
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Introduction The student nurse chose this case study to discover more about the disease process and how to impart more therapeutic interventions that would lend a hand to the patient to recover better as soon as possible. Cast an eye over more facts about the disease and how significant each signs and symptoms the patient is manifesting and its effect to the body of the patient. This case abets the student nurse to obtain appropriate knowledge as well as gain understanding that will be used further
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AFFECTING HYPERTENSION FACTORS THAT CAN BE CHANGED Sedentary Lifestyle Those who do not exercise are more likely to develop hypertension. These people tend to have higher heartbeat rates than those who work out‚ and this forces the heart to work harder during each contraction. This puts more pressure on the arteries‚ so the propensity for heart diseases or heart attacks becomes greater. A sedentary lifestyle is also a precursor to being overweight or obese‚ which is another hypertension risk factor
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Caitlin Collins Anatomy Dec.2013 Good afternoon Mr. Lowe‚ my name is Caitlin and I am the education nurse. I want to talk to you about your recent diagnosis of hypertension or high blood pressure. First and foremost Mr. Lowe‚ I would like to explain to you what high blood pressure is then we will go on to talk about what are some thing you can do to keep your blood pressure normal and where it is supposed to be. High blood pressure is the pressure your blood is traveling through your
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their license to practice nursing? List and comment on at least 3 types of judgments. Did you agree or disagree with the judgments/settlements that were handed down during the meeting? Include ethical principles that directly or indirectly surfaced during the cases that were presented. (10 pts) The Indiana State Board of Nursing (ISBN) was a highly informative and eye-opening experience for me as a student nurse. The judgments reached at the Indiana State Board of Nursing were majorly either accepted
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DOI: 7/12/2014. The patient is a 39-year old male forklift driver who sustained a work-related injury to his lower right leg after it was crushed when he was knocked over by a forklift. As per OMNI entry‚ the patient is Permanent and Stationary as of 10/16/2015 with future medical care to include pain management medications‚ as well as durable medical equipment in forms of shoes and inserts. Per progress report dated 5/24/16‚ patient was prescribed with ibuprofen‚ Lyrica‚ Norco and Lidoderm patch
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Today‚ community hospital becomes a fast-paced environment. The growing number of consumers‚ including the median age from 40 to 41 years old in the American health care system; the community hospital strategic management is a fender-bender with the country economy and politic. In the same vein‚ the Patient protection and Affordable Care Act expansion of health care of many New Jersey’s people have allowed some things that were limited. People with a pre-existing condition and the children who remain
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Hi Khadejah‚ I decided to answer your question because I’m quite familiar with this issue and feel strongly about it. I think it’s important to keep in mind that the patient is the one experiencing the health issue not the doctor. If a patient truly believes something is wrong with them then they should pursue this concern and find someone who will listen. I know several people who have had to press further and found out they had a serious illness but their doctors originally said it was nothing
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Running head: MY NURSING ETHIC Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS-437V My Nursing Ethic Nursing‚ ethics‚ and morals all‚ which are necessary for a nurse to provide‚ care in a diverse population of individual patients. Nurses deal with individuals with complex needs that encompass physical‚ emotional‚ spiritual‚ and psychosocial issues that the average person cannot comprehend let alone that these things can happen to a man‚ women‚ child
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